Franklin

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #359in 2025
  • 1 in 1,879boys in 2025
  • +48%last ten years
  • 2.7×in Minnesota

Most popular in 1933, and up 48% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

02,7055,40918801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Franklin, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,086
18811,161
1882985
1883898
1884813
18851,085
18861,146
1887878
18881,067
1889904
1890811
18911,077
1892893
1893881
1894726
1895877
1896803
1897603
1898913
18991,092
1900910
1901864
1902791
1903973
1904843
1905741
1906939
1907831
1908862
19091,024
1910906
1911974
19121,156
19131,157
19141,176
19151,180
19161,206
19171,290
19181,258
19191,230
19201,363
19211,226
19221,210
19231,153
19241,134
19251,160
19261,082
19271,050
1928996
1929986
1930982
19311,047
19322,638
19335,409
19344,025
19352,507
19362,834
19372,357
19381,822
19391,677
19402,063
19411,795
19421,712
19431,382
19441,333
19451,409
19461,060
1947969
1948884
1949914
1950907
1951900
1952886
1953892
1954894
1955856
1956848
1957782
1958748
1959728
1960721
1961719
1962740
1963749
1964752
1965735
1966731
1967688
1968680
1969684
1970656
1971637
1972572
1973606
1974581
1975553
1976512
1977523
1978510
1979498
1980493
1981454
1982472
1983414
1984442
1985439
1986427
1987433
1988434
1989449
1990415
1991426
1992425
1993358
1994363
1995348
1996366
1997313
1998333
1999298
2000270
2001275
2002261
2003273
2004256
2005284
2006303
2007279
2008289
2009258
2010266
2011274
2012261
2013291
2014346
2015360
2016393
2017384
2018382
2019412
2020416
2021458
2022451
2023458
2024488
2025532

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Minnesota 2.7×
  2. Wisconsin 2.1×
  3. Nebraska 2.1×
  4. Iowa 2.0×
  5. Missouri 2.0×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
909
Rank in 2025
#359
How rare
1 in 1,879 boys
Since 1880
141,728

Most popular in 1933, at 5,409 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 48% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Minnesota2.7×97
Wisconsin2.1×74
Nebraska2.1×27
Iowa2.0×40
Missouri2.0×79

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.